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Hutchinson, Enid – Adult Education (London), 1979
Describes a number of programs designed to help adults, mainly women, get back into the educational system through short courses to prepare them for return to work, self-development, or higher education. Different institutions' courses vary but all include recognition of counseling needs and approach at a mature level. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students

Schlichter, Carol L.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Describes the Multiple Abilities Program at the University of Alabama, in which preservice teachers team with general and special elementary education classroom mentors to teach students with average and above average abilities and students with mild learning or behavior problems. The program involves preservice teachers in developing enrichment…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Gross, Vernon Keith – 1991
This practicum paper describes the design and implementation of a workshop series which acquainted parents with the growth and development of preschool children. The program was developed because the children of these parents attended a day care center which had no systematic means of providing parents with information about children's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Day Care Centers, Emotional Development
Zdenek, Joseph W. – 1984
A one-week, five-hour course in survival Spanish taught at an Elderhostel at Winthrop College included in its content the process of introductions and courtesy expressions, numbers and counting, telling time, days of the week, months, seasons, colors, cognates for describing people, talking about jobs and hobbies, verb forms for questions and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
Parochetti, Jo Ann; And Others – 1983
Summer Bridge, a 2-week, non-credit program of intensive career exploration and personal development offered to eligible freshmen at Alvin Community College, was instituted to enhance retention rates and achievement levels among high-risk students, particularly during their first semester at the college. The rationale for the program lay in the…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
Price, LaVeta Higgs, Ed.; Choate, Joyce, S., Ed. – 1982
The document contains reports, resources, illustrations, questionnaires, activities, and guidelines for teachers of gifted students. Materials are divided into 14 sections: (1) general information on gifted children, teachers of gifted/talented children, administrators, parents of gifted/talented, and sources of information; (2) national…
Descriptors: Art, Career Education, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon. Native Law Centre. – 1978
Through the efforts of the faculty of the College of Law of the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan Program of Legal Studies for Native People was established in 1973. In planning for the program, certain problems were considered: the number of persons of native ancestry able to meet the minimum requirement for admission to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Canada Natives, Cultural Background
Greenfield Community Coll., MA. – 1973
A model program of occupational exploration was conducted for students enrolled in a two-year college and unsure of their vocational goals. The heart of the academic program was a six-credit sociology of work course invoving the psycho-socio-economic aspects of work. Supplementing this course were three other courses. Three components…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Center for Disease Control (DHEW/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1971
Continuing education activities available to laboratory technologists and personnel are listed in this directory. Workshops, seminars, short courses, and night classes intended to help the working technologist update his professional knowledge and keep abreast of new developments are listed by states. Courses offered at various colleges and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Correspondence Study, Directories, Evening Programs

Kidd, David; Hagarty, Jack – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1978
Presents a story about an extension worker with the Ghana Ministry of Agriculture and discusses a short course in extension developed for the Ministry by the University of Ghana Agricultural Extension Department. Training focus was on active field practice to demonstrate class subjects and techniques. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Developing Nations

Froese, Arnold D.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Maintains that direct instruction can improve significantly undergraduates citing of primary and secondary sources. Students were tested concerning definitions of primary and secondary sources, judgement of citation acceptability, and identification of samples. Students receiving posttest instruction showed marked improvement. Recommends early…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Content Analysis, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education
Connotillo, Barbara Cahn, Ed.; Chasan, Gail A., Ed. – 1983
Information is provided on U.S. summer learning offerings, such as courses, institutes, and workshops, that are open to foreign nationals but about which information is hard to find. While many of the courses and programs are strictly academic, others provide a cultural orientation to the United States, and some mix academic or vocational training…
Descriptors: Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Students
Menges, Robert J.; Levinson-Rose, Judith – 1980
Results of a review of approximately 60 studies relevant to improving college teaching are considered, and a proposal for a study is presented. The interventions can be classified into four categories: workshops and seminars, grants for faculty projects, feedback from ratings by students, microteaching and minicourses, and protocol materials. It…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Man's Effect on the Environment, Teacher's Guide. Environmental Education Unit, Sixth Grade Science.
Little Rock School District, AR. – 1974
Part of a sequential series of curriculum units in environmental education for grades 4 through 12, this sixth grade curriculum guide focuses on man's effect upon the environment. Extensive classroom activities and field trips introduce the student to population, technology, pollution, natural resources, responsibility, career opportunities, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Lewiston School District, ME.
The New Opportunities for Work Exemplary Career Education Program (N.O.W.) guide is comprised of 25 world of work learning packages for grades K-6, two units on career education in art for grades K-6 and K-3, 14 minicourses designed for leisure time activities, and 19 learning packages on careers for grades 7-9. It concludes with a discussion of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods